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District Court Upholds Unum’s Denial of LTD Benefits Highlighting Evidentiary Requirements in Subjective Symptom ERISA Claims

District Court Upholds Unum’s Denial of LTD Benefits Highlighting Evidentiary Requirements in Subjective Symptom ERISA Claims

In Stickley v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 3:24-CV-05364-TMC, 2025 WL 1094346 (W.D. Wash. Apr. 10, 2025), Washington Western District Judge Tiffany M. Cartwright granted Unum's motion for judgment…

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District Court Grants Summary Judgment to Lincoln National, Rejecting Church Plan Exemption in ERISA Disability Benefits Dispute

In Peterson v. Lincoln Nat’l Life Ins. Co., No. 4:23-CV-40097-MRG, 2025 WL 1000689 (D. Mass. Mar. 31, 2025), an action alleging state law claims to recover long-term disability benefits, Massachusetts…

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Fifth Circuit Upholds MetLife’s Termination of Long-Term Disability Benefits

In Stout v. Smith Int’l, Inc., No. 24-30571, 2025 WL 1029503 (5th Cir. Apr. 7, 2025), a dispute involving a claimant's continued eligibility for long-term disability ("LTD") benefits under a…

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District Court Awards Long-Term Disability Benefits to ERISA Claimant, Rejecting Unum’s Demand for Objective Evidence in Long-COVID Case

In Waldron v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America, No. 3:24-CV-05193-TMC, 2025 WL 949028 (W.D. Wash. Mar. 28, 2025), an action to recover long-term disability benefits pursuant to the Employee Retirement…

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District Court Hands Win to Physical Medicine and Rehab Doctor Who Sued Unum for Denied Long-Term Disability Benefits

The case of Mundrati v. Unum Life Ins. Co. of Am., No. CV 23-1860, 2025 WL 896594 (W.D. Pa. Mar. 24, 2025) serves as a significant illustration of how disability claims are…

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Ninth Circuit Upholds Determination that State Law Claims for Disability Insurance Benefits Are Preempted by ERISA

In Steigleman v. Symetra Life Insurance Company, No. 23-4082, 2025 WL 602175 (9th Cir. Feb. 25, 2025), the Ninth Circuit delved into the complexities of ERISA preemption and the criteria…

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